After much deliberation and all sorts of ideas, I decided to be true to myself and do my own thing for the Knitting Olympics.
I am going to knit only Ropes or if you prefer the official name: sev[en]circle from the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics tomorrow night until the closing ceremony on February 28, 2010.
To make it more fun, I invite you to come (and send your friends over too) and place your guess how many Ropes Cowls I can knit during those 17 days?
The person that will come closest to the number of my finished cowls* on February 28 (not including the 2 I already knitted and the one that is currently on my needles) will receive a package of goodies from me that may or may not include one of these Ropes! :)
Please leave your guess in the comments of this post.
As I may want to discuss my progress here, I will leave the comments open until Midnight of Tuesday, February 16, 2010 (12:00 am est) which will be the deadline for placing guesses.
Please only one guess per person. Thank you :)
If more than one person will guess the correct number of finished cowls* or will be at the same numerical distance from the final number, I will randomly choose one winner either with the help of one of those online number thingies or the good old hat.
So lets play!
*Please note – we are guessing the number of finished cowls I will have at the end of the games not the number of actual ropes I will knit.
Each of my cowls will include as many ropes as are needed to make it a nice wearable cowl, my guess is that most will be around 7 ropes (as in the original pattern) but some may include a few more (if I use lace yarn it looks better in my view with a few more ropes) or maybe only 6 if the yarn is heavier (I don’t think I will go to very heavy yarn that will require less ropes).
p.s.: Do you think this is going to be the start of a new game in our Knitting Olympics? :)
Hmmm…I am going to guess that you’ll make 5 cowls…
Have fun and good luck with your Olympic challenge! :-)
Wow, in 17 days you could have a ton of ropes! I’m going for 9 sev(encircle) cowls. Hopefully your won’t give up (or out) before you win the event!
Ooh, good game! OK, I’m going to guess 11.5 :)
OK, this is the scientific approach (I know you’d like it):
17 days=408 hrs.
from which deduct:
102 – sleeping
68 – eating (!)
51 – other whatevers
you’re left with 187 hrs.
assuming it takes you 2 hrs to do one circle (?) you’ll do 93 circles which divided in 7 gives us
13.35 cowls
So now this is your challenge :)
How fast do you knit? How much time a day will you be knitting? What weight yarn will you be using? Do you plan on wandering off and having a life while you should be knitting? :p
Eight cowls.
Unless you get snowed in…
xo
Hi Rachel,
I’m going to go for 12!
And I want my winnings to be hand-delivered. How about that? We’ll make an event of it and Bob and I can cook dinner for you and your man!
Oh, Rachel! What fun! I was going to guess 8. . . but Cookie beat me to it. So, I think I’ll go with 8.5 — 8 complete and one on the needles at the closing ceremonies! :-)
Good Luck and I vote for eleven!!!
Let the rings begin – I say 14!
I am guessing 15. You go Girl
I was going to go for 9 (taken), then 11 (taken), so I’m going to opt for 10! Which I think is a prodigious number, but somehow I expect you might exceed it. ;) Good luck, and don’t let it become a chore — keep it fun. :)
My guess – 17, one for each day!
Oh Rachel, everybody took my guess(es) (that’s what I get for being late). So here’s a number I haven’t heard yet: Sweet Sixteen! Knit On!
Chloe
On second thought, sixteen might be a little ambitious (life does get in the way, after all!) so I’m guessing 6 cowls in all. That would give you almost three days to make each cowl, Rachel, if my math is right (and these days, I’m never sure about that!).
I’d guess, but I’m terrible at it. ;o) I’m just going to say good luck! I hope you finish as many as you can!